Carol Kane Recalls Jack Nicholson’s Act of Kindness That Makes Her ‘Want to Cry’
Carol Kane was “still collecting unemployment” when she was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for 1975’s Hester Street at just 24 years old.In this week’s issue of People, she describes the period as “very overwhelming,” explaining, “I wasn’t prepared for it.”“When you get nominated, suddenly you become extremely popular,” she recalls.Kane lost the award to One Flew Over a Cuckoo’s Nest’s Louise Fletcher — and the next morning, she found herself alone in her hotel room.“I was picking up the phone to make sure there’s a dial tone, because it was so quiet,
